Coastal Commission stalls projects in Newport Beach, Dana Point

The state Coastal Commission put the hold on two seaside Orange County development proposals  Thursday, Dec. 12, despite city councils in Newport Beach and Dana Point having granted final approvals for each project.
A 51-room, six-level harbor-view hotel slated for the northeast corner of Green Lantern and Cove Drive on Dana Point’s Headlands was blocked, at least temporarily, for a variety of reasons, including insufficient detail of how the hotel would provide 25% of its rooms at &l